Workplace Benefits Survey: Most workers are satisfied with the health benefits they have now and express little interest in changing the current mix of benefits and wages offered by their employers, according to a new survey by EBRI.
DB-DC: How generous would a traditional pension plan have to be in order to produce as much income as a 401(k)? New modeling from EBRI finds there’s no simple answer, but rather tremendous variation, depending on the different factors involved.
LSDs: When workers change jobs, an increasing number appear to be leaving their retirement savings intact, according to new research by EBRI. Press release.
WBS: The vast majority or workers say that the benefits package an employer offers--especially health insurance--is important to their decision to accept or reject a job, but a quarter are not satisfied with them, according to a new survey. Press release.
Health Savings: The estimated savings that new Medicare beneficiaries will need to cover the costs of health care in retirement continues to drop as the growth of projected future health premiums slows, according to a new report by EBRI. Press release.
IRAs: Young workers with small balances and owners of Roth individual retirement accounts (IRAs) are more likely than other IRA owners to make “extreme” allocations to stocks or money, according to a new report from EBRI. Press release.
Health Care Satisfaction—While the vast majority of workers say they are satisfied with their own health insurance plan, more than half give low ratings to the American heath care system as a whole, according to a new survey by EBRI and Greenwald & Associates. Press release.
Household Income—Will Americans have to live on less after they turn age 65? It often depends on how much your income was before you turned age 65, according to a new report by EBRI. Press release.
Retirement Participation: Since the end of the economic recession, a higher percentage of workers are working for employers that offer retirement plans and a higher percentage of them are participating in the plans, according to a new report by EBRI. Press release.
Health Satisfaction: Americans with health insurance appear to be warming up to so-called consumer-driven health plans, even as the traditionally greater popularity of traditional health plans is slipping, according to new research from EBRI. Press release.
